The Middle Ages. War of the burgs. Rothenburg in the year 1408. The battle for power in Franconia. The Duke of Nuremberg prepares for the cruicial battle against Heinrich Toppler, the legendary mayor, the King of the free imperial city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Destiny has taken a young knight, Goetz Edler Wiegel, and has turned him into the garrison commander. In these war-ridden times, a mysterious horseman and a young girl named Shoko appear before Rothenburg's gates. But it won't be long before the tide turns and they are forced to leave the city. 

The war spreads its bloody banner over Franconia...